Beyond the Numbers

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Every year some eight million women suffer pregnancy-related complications and over half a million die. In developing countries, one woman in 16 may die of pregnancy-related complications compared to one in 2800 in developed countries.

Most of these deaths can be averted even where resources are limited but, in order to do so, the right kind of information is needed upon which to base actions. Knowing the statistics on levels of maternal mortality is not enough—we need information that helps us identify what can be done to prevent such unnecessary deaths.

Beyond the numbers presents ways of generating this kind of information. The approaches described go beyond just counting deaths to developing an understanding of why they happened and how they can be averted. For example, are women dying because:

* they are unaware of the need for care, or unaware of the warning signs of problems in pregnancy?

or
* the services do not exist, or are inaccessible for other reasons, such as distance, cost or sociocultural barriers?

or
* the care they receive is inadequate or actually harmful?

Experience in the use of these approaches from around the world has shown that successful implementation can take place at all levels, from an individual health care facility up to the national level.

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